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Academic Vocabulary6
Term | Definition |
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Dulcet (adj) | Melodious; soothing; sweet |
Duplicity (n) | deception; dissimulation |
Ebullience (n) | Exuberance; enthusiasm |
Effete (adj) | Exhausted; out-dated; effeminate |
Egregious (adj) | Conspicuously bad; flagrant |
Empirical (adj) | Experimental; demonstrable |
Emulate (vt) | Imitate; strive to equal or excel |
Enervate (vi) | Weaken; unnerve |
Enigmatic (adj) | Puzzling; inexplicable |
Ennui (n) | Boredom; tedium |
Ephemeral (adj) | Transient; short-lived |
Epitome (n) | Ideal example or embodiment |
Equanimity (n) | Serenity; calmness; balance |
Equivocal (adj) | Ambiguous; obscure |
Eschew (vt) | Shun; avoid; abstain from |
Esoteric (adj) | Abstruse; private; confidential |
Esthetic (adj) | Artistic; appreciative of beauty |
Ethereal (adj) | Celestial; intangible; spiritual |
Eulogy (n) | Tribute; high praise; panegyric |
Euphemism (n) | Substitution of a pleasant phrase for something unpleasant |